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The following JVMs are currently available in Debian Jessie:
openjdk-7-jre
The following lists JVMs available in Debian 9.0 release ('Stretch'):
openjdk-8-jre
openjdk-7-jdk
openjdk-8-jdk
Compiles Java source to native code, also source to bytecode, or bytecode to native code. Please note that the support of the Java language is not completed.
Note that providing an API does not mean that everything is implemented, and certainly not implemented correctly.
Yes, there are. Some of these are reported as Debian bugs. You can look up the bugs for a specific Debian package at the Debian Bug Tracking System. As a quick link, here are some packages:
As common within the Debian project, the developers would appreciate good bug
reports on found problems. These include the good description of the problem,
the command that gives the problem, the errors given when running the command,
and any other information that might be relevant. A good tool to report bugs
is reportbug
.
The package java-package provides an easy way to convert an upstream installer into a Debian package. It should be as easy as:
make-jpkg ~/Downloads/jdk-6u31-linux-x64.bin
For more information, see this Blog article